A UFO expert from Harvard University claims Winston Churchill endorsed the search for extraterrestrial life in an unpublished paper before he became Prime Minister.

Avi Loeb, a theoretical physicist who is outspoken on his views about aliens, appeared on episode 1596 of the Joe Rogan Podcast where he discussed Winston Churchill's views on life on other worlds.

In a clip which has received more than 17,800 likes on TikTok, the physicist said: "Winston Churchill in 1939, wrote an essay about the fact that there could be life around on other planets, around other stars and we should search for it.

"Now, he didn't have a chance to publish it because he became Prime Minister and then had to fight the Second World War against the Nazi regime."

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